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Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Telangana high court wants info on Bhoodan land donated so far and its current status
Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of Telangana high court on Wednesday directed the Bhoodan Board and the state govt to furnish to the court details of land donated by various donors under the Bhoodan Movement in the last 75 years and its current status along with particulars of the redistribution of the land by the state to the landless. The judge was wondering whether the Bhoodan Board will be able to display any willpower to protect even a square yard of Bhoodan land in the state. While one petitioner in this case is seeking a CBI probe, the other was seeking a probe under the Commissions of Inquiry (COI) Act. The Bhoodan Movement, a voluntary land reform movement, was initiated by Acharya Vinobha Bhave from Pochampallay village (now in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district) in 1951. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad Conveying the stand of the state, additional advocate general T Rajanikanth Reddy informed the court that they were ready to appoint a COI probe if the court orders a statewide probe on all the Bhoodan land issues. However, he clarified, "we are opposing any such probe in the current case, because the petitioners are espousing a private cause". The judge was hearing pleas by two petitioners who sought a probe into the way Bhoodan land in Nagaram village in Rangareddy district was sold to scores of IAS and IPS officers. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like No annual fees for life UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo Earlier, the high court had directed the state to keep the subject land in the prohibited list till further orders. The bureaucrats, who purchased the land, approached the court urging it to vacate the restraint order. They said that the petitioners were seeking irrelevant reliefs with unconnected facts. There are four survey numbers in the village and the land they purchased has nothing to do with Bhoodan land. They also contended that the petitioners later started raising new contention that the land was not Bhoodan land but govt land. The counsel for one of the petitioners, who was seeking a probe under the CoI Act, did not turn up for Wednesday's hearing and a proxy counsel sought time to present their case. Senior counsel P Sri Raghu Ram appeared for the bureaucrats and said that the petitioners have no locus standi to raise the issues. They came to court without any material to make out a case, he said. Urging the court to vacate the restraint order, he said that courts could grant prohibitory orders only when the petitioners have any legal right over the land. "Courts can give such orders only when there are any legally enforceable rights under Article 226 of the Constitution," Sri Raghu Ram said. The judge posted the case to Thursday for further hearing.
The Hindu
24-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
DNA Networks moves Karnataka HC against report of Commission of Inquiry on stampede
DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd., an event management company, on Thursday moved the High Court of Karnataka challenging the report submitted by the one-man Commission of Inquiry on the incident of stampede outside M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru during the victory celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team on June 4. John Michael Cunha, a retired judge of the High Court of Karnataka, had conducted the inquiry under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry (CoI) Act, 1952, on the terms and reference notified by the State government, and submitted the report to the government on July 11. 'Biased manner' 'The commission seems to have proceeded in a biased manner as if it is a fault-finding commission rather than a fact-finding commission, and thus report is vitiated,' it has been alleged in the petition while pointing out that a copy of the report was not given to the petitioner even though it was leaked to the media. Finding several flaws in the 'hastily' conducted inquiry proceedings, the DNA has alleged that the entire inquiry process would be violative of the principles of natural justice and contrary to the provisions of the CoI Act, 1952, as no opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses was given to it. '...the haste with which the respondents conducted the inquiry gives the impression that the government wanted to save its skin and that the Commission of Inquiry was a mere eyewash in order to pacify the general public and to deflect the blame from itself by making innocent persons such as the petitioner and its officials a scapegoat,' it has been alleged in the petition. DNA, which participated in the inquiry proceedings before the commission, has also contended that it was not given a copy of the depositions of its witnesses and the other witnesses as well as the documents marked in spite of the making written request in this regard. It has also been claimed in the petition that the commission failed to give a personal hearing as per the provisions of the Act before making any adverse remarks that could prejudicially affect reputation of any person, despite the request in this regard made by the representative of the DNA.
Time of India
19-07-2025
- Time of India
Telangana HC asks state govt to respond on Bhoodan land sale cases under Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Act
HYDERABAD: Perplexed by the series of allegations of irregularities surfacing at regular intervals over Bhoodan land sale in survey numbers 194 and 195 of Nagaram village of Rangareddy district, the Telangana high court on Friday told the state govt to respond within a week if it was ready for a probe under Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Act. Justice K Lakshman passed the interim order while adjudicating a petition by one Vadthya Ramulu claiming to be a legitimate owner of 10 acres, which, he said, was sold by third parties to some bureaucrats without his knowledge. The counsel for the petitioner said the 10 acres of agricultural land in survey numbers 194 and 195 was gifted to him by his father and registered at SRO Ibrahimpatnam. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad The counsel said the petitioner had also submitted a representation to the CS seeking a probe by constituting a commission of inquiry, but there was no response. Hence, he has filed this writ petition, the counsel said. When the court was told there was another plea pending on the same issue, the judge told the registry to club both and adjourned them to July 28 for a combined hearing, while directing the state to convey its stand on a probe under CoI Act by then. The petitioner, V Ramulu, claims to be a legitimate owner of 10 acres, which, he said, was sold by third parties to some bureaucrats without his knowledge
